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The photographs were so bizarre that when Mr Claydon showed them to the owner of the hide, they remarked that they had never seen a fox do that before either.

Mr Claydon, of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, says the photos are some of the best he has ever taken, although he added that he was just as proud of some photographs of a heron he took at the same hide earlier this year.

In fact, he is so happy with his results in Lincolnshire he has been to the same hide “six or seven” times in the last year.

“One of my aims this year is to take more photos of foxes and badgers in the countryside. I’m looking for a place to take badger photos," he said.